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Where Is My Streetcar: Fall-Winter 25/26 Edition

With the constant changes in route diversions for various construction projects, water and sewer repairs and overhead reconstruction, the previous Fall 2025 edition was getting cluttered and unwieldy. This version consolidates the current and planned work for late fall and early winter 2025-26.

Updated February 23 at 2:00pm

Current and pending diversions:

  • Ongoing:
    • 501 Queen cars divert both ways via Church, Richmond/Adelaide and York.
    • Water main and track work on Queen from Broadview to Davies require diversion of 501 Queen, and bus replacement of 503 Kingston Road and the east end of 504 King.
  • Effective February 23:
    • The second phase of diversions for track and water main work on Queen west of Broadview begins as work shifts to track replacement. See details in the main article.
  • Beginning March 1:
    • Track replacement at Bay & College will require diversion of 506 Carlton and a replacement bus service.
  • Beginning June:
    • Long Branch Loop will be rebuilt. Streetcar service will be partly or completely replaced by buses from June 7 to October 31. Dates are tentative.

Queen Street West of Broadview

Three projects are planned for Queen Street between Broadview and Davies Street east of the Don River.

  • Fall 2025: Emergency sewer repairs starting November 27.
  • Winter 2026: Watermain replacement starting January 2026.
  • Late February 2026: Track replacement (advanced from Spring 2026).

Several routes are affected:

Phase 1:

  • 501/301 Queen streetcars will divert both ways via Broadview, Dundas and Parliament during both phases of the project. This diversion began on November 22.
  • 503 Kingston Road will continue to operate with buses between Bingham Loop and York Street.
    • During phase one, buses will operate via Queen and Parliament both ways to serve stops missed by the 501 Queen diversion. The diversion began on November 16.
    • During phase two (track reconstruction, February 23, 2026), westbound buses will divert via Broadview, Dundas and River.
  • 504/304 King streetcars will operate to Distillery Loop.
  • 504D/301B replacement buses will operate between Broadview Station and King & Parliament.

Phase 2 (February 23):

  • 501/301 Queen cars will continue to divert both ways via Broadview, Dundas and Parliament.
  • 503 Kingston Road buses will operate between Bingham Loop and York Street.
    • Westbound: Via Broadview, Eastern, Front and Parliament to King
    • Eastbound: Via Parliament and Queen (same as phase 1 diversion)
  • 504/304 King streetcars will continue to operate to Distillery Loop.
  • 504D/301B replacement buses will operate between Broadview Station and King & Parliament.
    • Westbound: Via Dundas and River to King
    • Eastbound: Via Queen and Broadview (no change)

501 Queen

  • The long-running diversion for Ontario Line construction at Yonge Street continues. Cars operate via Church, Richmond/Adelaide and York.
  • The diversion west of Broadview began on November 16. See details above.

503 Kingston Road

  • Service was cut back from King & Dufferin to King & York effective November 12 looping via York, Richmond and University.
  • Buses divert westbound between the Broadview and Parliament as described above.

504 King

  • All streetcar service terminates at Distillery Loop with a 504D bus shuttle from Parliament to Broadview Station.

505 Dundas

  • No current diversions.

506 Carlton

  • No current diversions.

From the beginning of March to mid-April, the track at Bay & College will be replaced. After the track work, overhead wiring will be upgraded.

  • 506/306 Carlton cars will divert both ways via McCaul, Dundas and Parliament.
  • Shuttle buses will operate:
    • Eastbound from Spadina Station via Spadina, College, University, Gerrard, Yonge, Carlton, Parliament, Gerrard to Broadview.
    • Westbound from Broadview via Gerrard, Parliament, Carlton, Yonge, Wellesley, Queens Park, College, Spadina to Spadina Station.
  • 19 Bay buses will divert:
    • Northbound via Gerrard, Yonge, Wellesley
    • Southbound via Wellesley, Queens Park, University, Gerrard

Further work is planned in December for track replacement between Bay and Church. The pause is due to the construction moratorium for the World Cup games.

507 Long Branch

  • No current diversions.

Long Branch Loop will be rebuilt through the summer with streetcar service replaced in two stages. Dates are tentative.

  • June 7 to September 5: Streetcar service replaced by buses.
  • September 6 to October 31: Streetcar service will resume as far as Kipling Loop. The 110C Islington South bus will be extended west to Long Branch Loop.

508 Lake Shore

  • No current diversions.

From June 7 to September 5, 508 Lake Shore service will be suspended. It will resume as far as Kipling Loop in September-October, but will also be affected by diversions downtown for track work on King Street (details TBA).

509 Harbourfront

  • No current diversions.

510 Spadina

  • No current diversions.

511 Bathurst

  • No current diversions.

512 St. Clair

  • No current diversions.

Archive

Past diversions that are no longer in effect are moved here for reference.

  • For the week of February 9-13, 2026, the 501 Queen diversion is extended east to Coxwell between 9pm and 3am due to work by Toronto Water. Buses will run between Jarvis and Kingston Road.
  • Until December 20, 2025: 506 Carlton cars divert both ways between Bay and Spadina via Dundas. Regular service resumes on Dec. 21.
  • Dec. 15 to Dec 18 (11pm to 4am): 510/310 Spadina streetcars will divert to Bathurst Station due to infrastructure work on the north end of the line. Shuttle buses will run from Spadina Station at street level to College Street.
  • Dec. 9 to Dec. 11 (11pm to 4am): 512 streetcars operate from Gunn’s Loop to Bathurst Station. Buses run from Oakwood Loop to St. Clair Station
  • Dec. 8 (11pm) to Dec 9 (4am): Streetcars replaced by buses over the full 512 route.
  • Dec. 8 (6pm to 11pm): 512 St. Clair cars replaced by buses west of St. Clair West Station.
  • Dec. 2: 506 Carlton cars are no longer diverting east of Parliament.
  • Nov. 30: 506 Carlton cars are back on their normal route between Bay Street and Broadview eastbound, and between Parliament and Bay westbound.
  • Nov. 27 – Dec 18 (est): Work plans for Queen west of Broadview changed for emergency sewer work. No change to diversion routes already in effect.
  • Nov. 26 – Dec 1: 506 Carlton diversion for emergency sewer work on Gerrard Street East. Diversion route modified.

501 Queen Archive

For the week of February 9-13, 2026, the Queen/Broadview diversion is extended east to Coxwell between 9pm and 3am due to work by Toronto Water. Buses will run between Jarvis and Kingston Road.

506 Carlton Archive

Replacement of track at College & McCaul finished in mid-November, followed by reconstruction of the overhead. The TTC restored service to College Street on December 21.

College Street West

Effective Tuesday, December 2 at 11pm to Friday, December 5 at 4am, 506/306 Carlton services will divert via Dundas between Bay and Lansdowne. Replacement buses will run on College.

Carlton & Parliament

The TTC is replacing the curves at Carlton & Parliament as well as some of the overhead nearby. This work completed by November 30 and cars returned to their normal route east of Bay Street.

During this work, the 65 Parliament bus diverted via Sherbourne Street between Wellesley and Gerrard.

Gerrard Street East

Emergency sewer work on Gerrard extends the 506 diversion east to Coxwell. Replacement bus service is operating from Main Station to Spadina. This work is supposed to finish by 4am on Monday, December 1.

As of Nov. 30, eastbound cars divert between Broadview and Coxwell via Queen. Westbound cars divert between Coxwell and Parliament via Coxwell, Queen, Broadview, Dundas and Parliament.

510 Spadina Archive

Dec. 15 to Dec 18 (11pm to 4am): 510/310 Spadina streetcars will divert to Bathurst Station due to infrastructure work on the north end of the line. Shuttle buses will run from Spadina Station at street level to College Street.

512 St. Clair

  • 512 St. Clair will have evening and late night bus replacements and diversions from December 8 to 11, 2025 for unspecified infrastructure work.
Dec. 8/25 6pm to 11pm
Dec 8/25 11pm to Dec 9/25 4am
Dec 9-11/25 11pm to 4am

8 thoughts on “Where Is My Streetcar: Fall-Winter 25/26 Edition”

  1. I thought this was going to be a comedy piece! You could do that you know. Throw in a LOT of humour and say Where Is My Streetcar?!! And then make some sill answers! Perhaps as a holiday theme? Not wait til April Fools. I like the title. I want more!!!!!

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  4. Dec. 2 (11pm) to Dec 5 (4am): 506 Carton cars divert between Bathurst and Lansdowne via Dundas.

    That means cars travelling East will be on Dundas until Bathurst then go north on Bathurst then turn east on College, only to turn south on Spadina and then continue east on Dundas until Bay and then turn north on Bay and East on College.

    I mean why bother going on College only between Bathurst and Spadina… won’t it be better to just go straight on Dundas from Landsdowne until Bay ? Wouldn’t it be much faster? And how frustrating it would be for riders? Like who makes these decisions?

    Steve: It’s also the combined effect of multiple overlapping diversions plus a protest at Yonge/Dundas. Carlton cars were running straight along Dundas from Spadina earlier, and as of 10pm they are back on Dundas.

    Ps: Steve it was so great to meet you in person at the Streetcar event organized by TtcRiders!

    Steve: Many thanks!

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  5. An interesting site that could provide answers 🙂

    BlogTO background article

    Thanks for the insights.

    Steve: Yes, a very interesting site. The stats showing that “disorderly patrons” are the top cause of delay is interesting, along with other on-board issues such as ill patrons. In the recommendations, PSDs are proposed for a few major stations, but they will not address a large proportion of the total delays. Attention to issues such as patrons in distress on board and track fires are also important. Some of the track fires arise from debris thrown or blown onto the tracks, and that’s another rationale for PSDs, but this is not the only cause. Now that surface delay stats have more granularity, I am planning to work through them too once the full year 2025 is available.

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  6. 506 operator today announced that the diversion would continue until 20 December. First I’ve heard a specific date.

    Steve: Yes, the change back is in the Dec service changes which I have not published yet to avoid overlap with the Finch opening. In theory, they could restore service sooner if the overhead work is finished.

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  7. When did they uncover the black tarps covering the protected turn signals installed on Broadview for the 501 diversion? I’m shocked.

    Steve: Just checked northbound at Dundas. Still covered. Will check southbound at Queen later.

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  8. I had seen the one at Queen uncovered (though I didn’t stick around to see if it was actually active) and had just assumed the corresponding signal at Dundas was the same. A 50% success?

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